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China's top generals under investigation as country's leader clears out ranks
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China announced two of its top generals are under investigation, including the country's most senior general. Analysts suspect it's a political purge by Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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China's top general under investigation in latest military purge
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China's top generals under investigation as country's leader clears out ranks
The Associated Press Beijing (AP) — The Chinese military’s top general is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law the Defense Ministry said Saturday. Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice chairs of the powerful Central Military Commission, is the latest figure to…
China’s top general, second only to Xi Jinping, the nation’s leader, in the military command, has been put under investigation and accused of “grave violations of discipline and the law,” the Ministry of National Defense said today, the most stunning escalation yet in Xi’s purge of the People’s Libe…
China announced Saturday it is investigating its highest-ranking general, alleging unspecified “serious” disciplinary violations, amid an ongoing purge.
Analysts are calling it China’s biggest military purge in roughly half a century: President Xi Jinping has placed his second-in-command, China’s top general, under investigation. Shanshan Mei, who specializes in Chinese defense policy at RAND, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the extent of …
China announced two of its top generals are under investigation, including the country's most senior general. Analysts suspect it's a political purge by Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s decision to place the country’s top-ranking general under investigation is a stunning move that leaves Xi virtually alone at the top of the military hierarchy – raising deep questions about the implications for the world’s largest armed forces, as well as Beijing’s ambiti…
Chinese President Xi Jinping removes senior military leaders in unprecedented purge, with espionage allegations creating turmoil within the Communist Party and Taiwan concerns.
Zhang Youxia, second-in command under president Xi Jinping as chairman of the Central Military Commission, has long been seen as Xi’s closest military ally
